20 Questions Regarding The 2011 BET Awards Nominations

The national Black family reunion and fish fry known as the BET Awards announced the 2011 nominations yesterday on 106 & Park. Awards shows generally honor the best of the best, yet I’m left with a handful of questions after scanning the list of nominees.

1. Chris Brown received several nominations. Has the blacklisting been completely lifted now?

19. Does anyone take the Awards seriously or is it all like church, where people just tune in to see what everybody’s wearing?

20. Wondering if BET will permit us press credentials after reading this? Yeah, same thing I thought.

Feast your eyes on the list of nominees below and try to make sense of it all. If you have answers, please share. The Awards will air live on Sunday, June 26, at 8PM/7c. For more info, visit www.BET.com/BET-awards/2011.

Around The Web

Join The Discussion: Log In With

How the hell is Book of Eli eligible in the movies category? It came out in January of 2010.

By: LC Weber

05.18.2011 @ 10:40 AM

Two questions immediately come to mind —

1) Are they talking about Chris Brown’s part in TAKERS?! The same role wherein I turned to my boyfriend in the theater several times throughout the movie and said “Chris Brown is horrible. This is hard to watch.”

2) How much did Chris Brown’s people pay BET?

One statement —

Whatever note of credibility BET had left has disappeared completely from my mind, thanks to this Chris Brown HJ.

Chris Brown is nominated for Best Actor. Alongside Don Cheadle. No question here. Just making sure you read that.

———

And that was the straw that broke the camels back.

I only had about a 5% chance of checking for this anyways.

By: The Human Spider

05.18.2011 @ 10:53 AM

1. One can only assume so. As long as he follows the terms of his restraining order.

2. J. Cole is the new Drake.

3. Neo-Soul is now called “Centric”? Is this the last stop off for artists before they do gospel plays and Tyler Perry movies?

4. 80% of Cee-Lo Green’s music has been singing since Gnarls Barkley.

5. No. Not even by a longshot. They were the “Most Known” Hip-Hop groups this year.

6. Yes, Lola makes music. No, I haven’t taken her seriously since I saw her in that one angle that made her look seriously deformed.

7. Because prior to that, it was a.)Nonexistent or b.)”Random Vaginas That No One Knew About”. Suspiciously, these lists miss Jean Grae, Eternia, etc.

8. Yes.

9. Usher has officially usurped Michael Jackson in BET’s eyes.

10. If Willow Smith doesn’t win “Video Of The Year,” it was because they didn’t want Yeezy starting any mess. If she does win, it will mark the dynasty of the Smith era. And Yeezy will, more than likely, start some mess.

11. Nope.

12. It takes place in June. But June 6, 2006 was so five years ago…

13. A better question is, how many movies on this list did you NOT see.

14. Jamie Foxx is also on there, but I haven’t seen him in anything. Except on “In Living Color” and “The Jamie Foxx Show” reruns.

15. No. But he’s gonna bring his behind anyway.

16. No token white people nominated after the whole Bieber thing last year?

17. At this point, Weezy could get away with murder…Never mind…

18. Trina’s still alive?!

19. It’s a fashion show, just like the MTV Awards.

20. I doubt it, but I don’t think they read random blogs. #Justsayin

By: The Human Spider

05.18.2011 @ 10:59 AM

I forgot to answer 3 and 16:

3. I’m guessing that BET now owns Centric, or that they want to give the neo-soul genre it’s own category. I also assume that BET wants to be at the same distance from neo-soul that Chris Brown has to be from Rihanna.

I know Cee-Lo’s been singing since Gnarles Barkley, but wasn’t he RAPPING with Goodie Mob? I may have to spin one of their albums cuz I’m positive Cee-Lo isn’t R&B.

Where did the hell did they find the two other female artists? Like I always say, Diamond’s been riding on that 32 Flavors lines forever at this point.

Final Point: SMFH at the group category. Just outta sheer ignorance, I want Travis Porter to win cuz at least their music is amazing (at the club ONLY), but I have a feeling Cali Swag District will take it with the recent death of M-Bone and all.

Other than that, fuck BET. You aren’t getting me to call neo-soul centric. It don’t work like that.

By: J.Cakes

05.18.2011 @ 11:51 AM

Why don’t they just call “Best Female Hip-Hop Category” “Nicki Minaj And Four Other Losers With Vaginas”?

– HAH pretty much

By: R-U-C

05.18.2011 @ 11:54 AM

I watch this for the performances every year… that’s it. This is the most serious discussion I’ve ever read on a BET Awards show.

By: Willie P

05.18.2011 @ 11:54 AM

Other than that, fuck BET. You aren’t getting me to call neo-soul centric. It don’t work like that.
——————————–
Word.

By: That VA Guy

05.18.2011 @ 12:28 PM

BET = Barely Entertaining Television

“And the winner for the most disinteresting awards show goes to…….BET!!!”

“Unfortunately BET isn’t here as theyre renewing the rights to The Wayans Bros Show, so the Soul Train Awards will accept the honor on their behalf”

By: The Real XL

05.18.2011 @ 12:35 PM

It’s been a minute since I’ve been on TSS, so i thought id check-in. This post is a hot mess.

BET is like opening a door and finding xmas, the super bowl, slavery, and disney world playing xbox on the couch and taking hits from a crack pipe! There’s a lot of fun goin on, but the slavery and crack pipe just get you down.

Gotty, if they gave you a press pass, access to artists, AND 2.5 minutes to speak on air would you go? Who do you interview? What do you say in 2.5 minutes? GO!

By: Gotty™

05.18.2011 @ 1:49 PM

Gotty, if they gave you a press pass,
=============
went before. it was fun.

wouldn’t do it again though lol.

By: 500K Flea

05.18.2011 @ 12:58 PM

BET = Banal Egregious Trash

Seriously, ninjaz still watch BET? I haven’t watched that nonsense since 2005. Watching BET is similar to dating a slut: You know what to expect but get mad anyway when it happens.

By: Talen

05.18.2011 @ 1:46 PM

No 50 Tyson of Antoine Dodson nominations? Pass….

By: Aziu

05.18.2011 @ 1:49 PM

Can we consider runaway a video? It played more like a featurette and played his whole freaking album.

BET is like opening a door and finding xmas, the super bowl, slavery, and disney world playing xbox on the couch and taking hits from a crack pipe! There’s a lot of fun goin on, but the slavery and crack pipe just get you down.

——-

*hard laugh*

What?!

By: SUGE

05.18.2011 @ 2:47 PM

short answer: Not gonna watch it.

By: ghostindini rich

05.18.2011 @ 4:47 PM

bet does own centric. and the channel is where they play the more r&b music videos and sitcoms.

By: purehatred

05.18.2011 @ 4:56 PM

the only place omarion can go and be recognized

By: mynameisjason the_c-section_stranglr!

05.18.2011 @ 5:28 PM

I agree but I can’t even let Butta Brown take the fall alone on this one. Everybody from Stringer to Anakin acted like it was their first Hamlet recital in 10th grade

….here lies jason. Death by hilarity….

By: The Real XL

05.18.2011 @ 5:43 PM

@ Cell- that’s how I explain BET to my people in other countries

@ Gotty- you should go again and get 10 good minutes with Tyler Perry

By: Elle Jaye

05.18.2011 @ 8:20 PM

Oh so R. Kelly ain’t R&B no more? Wtf?

By: Stay Frosty

05.18.2011 @ 10:23 PM

Only 20 questions lol?

Since when did Usher start doing R&B music again? Honestly, last thing even close to R&B I heard was Daddy’s Home.

Why is Beyonce nominated when she hasn’t come out with anything all of last year?

Why is Trina and Keyshia Cole complaining?

Will they dougie at M-Bone’s funeral?

And who is actually going to watch this garbage?

By: Biggga Aka Ray for 3

05.18.2011 @ 11:03 PM

What does Trina has to complain about? The last hit she had, baby and lil wayne was taking turns wearing her pimply pum out

By: Maccaveli

05.18.2011 @ 11:46 PM

This shit is just embarrassing…

*pretends he doesn’t listen to hip hop*

By: Diyahbasxz

05.21.2011 @ 8:29 AM

this is some straight bullshit BET know damn well that they just thew this piece of sHit awards show together….iwont lie iwill be tuning in to see who is wearin what n who will act a fool but other than that they should do better than this like for real WHO THE FUCK IS CYMPHONIQUE?????? master p’s daughter??? inever seen this chick in my life smh
B.E.T. Bullshit Entertainment Television

Couldnt stop laughing at this one.
-I dont really see Marsha fitting in that category with Beyonce, etc.
-I’ve never considered R. Kelly neo-soul or “centric” as BET calls it nor put Cee-Lo in the same category as Chris Brown and Songz.
– Agree 100% on the Chris Brown/Don Cheadle thing. What the hell are they thinking?

By: Alicia Keys At The BET Awards 2011 | The Rap Up

08.03.2011 @ 3:02 PM

[…] it. If you wonder why people react with sideway eyes to this whole event I advise you to fill in the questionnaire TSS released regarding the subject. I can’t honestly be bothered to hammer out more sentences about it […]